3 beeps when trying to install, but ram is fine

I installed bootcamp and removed my OSX partitlon to install Windows 8 on my Macbook Pro.  Currently the machine is running Windows 8 without any problems but I want to install OSX again.  BUT when i put in my OSX install disk and it tries to load , i get 3 long beeps and it does nothing.
I've read about the "3 beeps of death" referring to memory issues but is there another reason why this would happen? 

You're trying to boot the computer from a Mac OS X version too old for it.
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